Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 37
... less obvious to the modern reader , does the invocation ' O Universe ' rather than an address to a Christian or a ... less and less interested in the spiritual nature of man , more and more interested in the material side A Tale of a Tub 37.
... less obvious to the modern reader , does the invocation ' O Universe ' rather than an address to a Christian or a ... less and less interested in the spiritual nature of man , more and more interested in the material side A Tale of a Tub 37.
Page 71
... less alive to Locke's ironies ( less intricate and subtle than Swift's , but effective none the less ) . The way Swift develops the argument , making it at once into a farcical exposure of the Enthusiast and a comical parody of the type ...
... less alive to Locke's ironies ( less intricate and subtle than Swift's , but effective none the less ) . The way Swift develops the argument , making it at once into a farcical exposure of the Enthusiast and a comical parody of the type ...
Page 201
... less moving if Swift had really shown he ' knew himself ' , far less of a complement to the complex and shifting ironies of that magnificent assault on pride , Gulliver's Travels ; if Swift had not permitted himself the authentic accent ...
... less moving if Swift had really shown he ' knew himself ' , far less of a complement to the complex and shifting ironies of that magnificent assault on pride , Gulliver's Travels ; if Swift had not permitted himself the authentic accent ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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